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Venezuela' self proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido smiles as he arrives at the National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Guaido said Wednesday that the National Assembly has appointed six executives to a transitional board for its PDVSA state-owned oil company and its U.S. subsidiaries, including Houston-based refiner Citgo. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The Latest: Guaido names alternate board for Venezuela oil

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U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams testifies as code pink demonstrators protest, during the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on Venezuela at Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Eliot Engel, House chairman: U.S. military action in Venezuela ‘not an option’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump meets with Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Ivan Duque, Colombian president, and Donald Trump discuss Venezuela at White House

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks with Colombian President Ivan Duque to a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump pans Venezuelan leader’s refusal of humanitarian aid

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Bulgaria freezes accounts receiving millions from Venezuela

Associated Press

In this Feb. 6, 2019 photo, a screen shows Diosdado Cabello, president of the ruling party-dominated constitutional assembly, during his weekly, live TV program coined: &quot;Con el Mazo Dando,&quot; or “Hitting it With a Sledgehammer,” hosted inside an aviation academy in Maracay, Venezuela. For the past five years, Cabello, a 55-year-old retired army lieutenant with strong influence over the security forces, has crisscrossed the country with his TV program, pressing the flesh with socialist party stalwarts for whom he is their torchbearer, in many ways more than President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Venezuela socialist party boss stirs up support on talk show

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

A woman shouts slogans against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during a protest against his government in Urena, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Nearly three weeks after the Trump administration backed an all-out effort to force out President Nicolas Maduro, the embattled socialist leader is holding strong and defying predictions of an imminent demise. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

The Latest: US, Russia draft rival UN Venezuela resolutions

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A man walks with a couple loaves of bread past a mural of Venezuela's late former president Hugo Chavez, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Nearly three weeks after the Trump administration backed an all-out effort to force out Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, the embattled socialist leader is holding strong and defying predictions of an imminent demise. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Maduro challenger plans caravans for US aid to Venezuela

By SCOTT SMITH and CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a poster of him during a rally in Urena, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. Nearly three weeks after the Trump administration backed an all-out effort to overthrow Maduro, the leader's hold on power appears shaken, but he's far from losing grip. The world watches now whether Maduro’s government will let humanitarian aid from the United States cross its borders. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela’s crisis hits stand-still over emergency aid

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2018 file photo, pro-government supporters cheer as some hold up new banknotes and patriot identification cards during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela. Little noticed abroad amid the turmoil unleashed by the opposition’s renewed push to oust President Nicolas Maduro in early 2019, Venezuela’s central bank devalued the country’s bolivar currency on Jan. 28, 2019 by 50 percent, eclipsing the parallel black market rate. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Socialist Maduro seeks to raise dollars with appeal to greed

By MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press

Venezuelan doctors shout slogans against the government of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at the International Bridge Tienditas, which has been blocked by the Venezuelan military, near Cucuta, Colombia, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, across the border from Tachira, Venezuela. The doctors, who crossed into Colombia for the protest, are demanding their nation’s military allow humanitarian aid into the country, while Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro contends the aid delivery is part of a larger U.S. intervention to remove him from power. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Doctors demand humanitarian aid be allowed into Venezuela

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2012 file photo, gas prices are posted at the Citgo gas station in Philadelphia. U.S. refiners like Citgo are among the few customers paying cash for Venezuelan crude. Oil shipments to Venezuela’s other big customers, China and Russia, are usually taken as repayment for billions of dollars in debt. So the cash from Citgo has become a lifeline over the past two years as Venezuela’s oil output has plummeted amid chronic underinvestment in PDVSA and oil prices have dropped from historic highs. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

US refiner Citgo emerges as key to Venezuela’s power battle

By ALEXANDRA OLSON - Associated Press

Supporters of President Nicolas Maduro sing a song about Venezuela's late president Hugo Chavez, during a event at Bolivar Square in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Trucks carrying U.S. humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela arrived Thursday at the Colombian border, where opposition leaders vowed to bring them into their troubled nation despite objections from embattled President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The Latest: China says dialogue only way to Venezuela peace

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China calls for peaceful dialogue on Venezuela crisis

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Venezuelan volunteers place a bag of USAID humanitarian aid for storage at a warehouse next to the Tienditas International Bridge, near Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. Trucks carrying U.S. humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela arrived Thursday at the Colombian border, where opposition leaders vowed to bring them into their troubled nation despite objections from embattled President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

AP Explains: Venezuela’s humanitarian aid standoff

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

National security adviser John Bolton listens during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

John Bolton: FBI raid on Puerto Rico bank aimed at cutting off funds to Venezuela’s Maduro

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 photo, Joaquin &quot;El Chapo&quot; Guzman is made to face the press as he's escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by soldiers and marines at a federal hangar in Mexico City. Guzman's second prison escape in 2015 from a top security prison though a tunnel had embarrassed President Enrique Pena Nieto and made his capture a national priority. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Volunteers ready US aid set for Venezuela as Maduro digs in

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

A Venezuelan sells medicines at s street in La Parada, on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Tensions in the area have risen since the Venezuelan military blocked a border bridge where humanitarian aid is expected to arrive with a tanker and two cargo trailers, Colombian officials said Monday, in an apparent bid to stop the loads of food and other supplies from entering the country. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

US emergency aid for Venezuela arrives at Colombian border

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and LEONARDO HABERKORN - Associated Press

A man shout shouts "Welcome humanitarian aid" as he passes a line of Venezuelan army soldiers and National Guard officers that block the main access to the Tienditas International Bridge that links Colombia and Venezuela, near Urena, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Trucks carrying U.S. humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela arrived Thursday at the Colombian border, where opposition leaders vowed to bring them into their troubled nation despite objections from embattled President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Elliott Abrams: Visas of Nicolas Maduro regime restricted

By Lauren Toms and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Members of the Venezuelan army and National Guard block the main access to the Tienditas International Bridge that links Colombia and Venezuela, near Urena, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Trucks carrying U.S. humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela arrived Thursday at the Colombian border, where opposition leaders vowed to bring them into their troubled nation despite objections from embattled President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Expedia, Orbitz stop selling Venezuela tickets amid turmoil

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press